Web Directory Free turns WordPress into a searchable business directory. Sort listings into categories, locations and tags, build your own listing form, drop the directory onto any page with a shortcode, and let visitors search and browse — on a list or an interactive map.

In the free edition you add and edit listings from the WordPress admin, and visitors browse, search and view them on the front end.

Live demo: https://directory.salephpscripts.com/

Key features

Categories, locations and tags to organise your listings.
A listing-form builder — add your own fields (text, select, checkbox, price, opening hours, date, website, email, and more).
Maps with Google Maps, Mapbox or MapLibre (MapTiler tiles), per-category marker icons and clustering.
Advanced search: by category, location, custom fields, and address + radius search.
Google reCAPTCHA on the listing contact form.
CSV import and export for bulk listing management.
Translation-ready: ships a POT file for any standard gettext/PO editor.
Fast on large directories: marker clustering and on-demand loading keep thousands of listings responsive.

This plugin uses external services (map providers and, if you enable it, Google reCAPTCHA). See the External Services section below.

Upgrading

The full version of Web 2.0 Directory adds front-end paid submission, membership plans and WooCommerce checkout for paid, featured, renewed and upgraded listings. Those modules are not part of the free edition.

External Services

Web Directory Free uses the following third-party services. Nothing is sent until you use the matching feature:

Map providers (Google Maps, Mapbox, MapTiler / MapLibre) — when a map loads or an address is geocoded, the request (coordinates, the address being searched, and your API key/token) is sent to the provider you chose. See that provider’s terms and privacy policy.
Google reCAPTCHA — when you turn it on for the contact form, the visitor’s interaction is checked with Google. See Google’s terms and privacy policy.

The free edition does not contact the author’s servers: it gets updates through WordPress.org and does no license or “phone-home” checks.